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6 commentsMention the words "Lethal Wrecker" around Charlottesville and chances are you'll find someone with a story. For nearly a decade, the towing operation, and its owner, George Morris, earned a...

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Another wreck for Lethal Wrecker. PHOTO BY
It's happened again. Eighteen months after an Albemarle County man was nearly killed in a collision with a Lethal Wrecker tow truck on Route 250 near...

0 commentsNearly a year after he was critically injured in an accident with a Lethal Wrecker truck, and two months before trial in his $20 million suit against Lethal in Albemarle Circuit Court, local teacher...

0 commentsThough he was found guilty of reckless driving in August and fined $100 for his role in a January 27 accident that critically injured a local man, Lethal Wrecker driver Floyd Thomas Dean is now...

0 commentsDespite court-stunning testimony from a defense witness, a judge found Lethal Wrecker driver Floyd Dean guilty of reckless driving for his role in a traffic accident that nearly killed a local...

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When Lethal Wrecker's lawyer announced in a Charlottesville court on July 21 that his client didn't have the assets to pay a total of $1,100 to 21 citizens who'd been overcharged, it seemed the...

5 commentsLethal Wrecker is back in the news again, and this time it's pleading bankruptcy– well, almost. Readers may remember that 2003-2005 were banner years for dust-ups involving Lethal Wrecker and...

0 commentsWhat's the difference between having a wreck in Albemarle County and having a wreck in the City? Answer: If you're in the County and you need a tow, the police can call Lethal Wrecker. In the City,...

0 commentsNoted towing company owner George Morris savored a rare victory in Albemarle County Circuit Court last week when he was found not guilty of assault. I say "rare" because Morris, who owns Lethal...

0 commentsIt's a rare man who agrees to pay for ads that invite people to sue him– but then, George Morris has never been one to follow the crowd. Take his many turns in this column, for instance; I've...

0 commentsDaniel Van Orman got his oil changed at SpeeDee Oil Change & Tune-up on Seminole Trail on February 26, then left for a weekend on the Outer Banks. The next day, he claims, he realized that "oil...

0 commentsShould we call Court TV? If Michael Jackson's trial is over by June 6, they might be ready for a change of pace– and what a diverting change of pace Charlottesville circuit court has on tap:...

0 commentsFor about a year, I'd heard talk of an incident involving a tractor-trailer and Lethal Wrecker. One rumor falsely asserted that Lethal Wrecker had charged a bundle because it righted an overturned...

0 commentsCity to Lethal: Three strikes, and you're out. Actually, many citizens have cried foul over the local wrecker service, but the City's only counting strikes called by an umpire– in this case,...

0 commentsLethal Wrecker is amassing quite a record in Charlottesville General District Court. Last week, for the third time in a row, the local towing service was successfully sued by an irate towee for...

0 commentsIt's rare that a customer who argues with Lethal Wrecker wins, but in Charlottesville General District Court on June 8, the controversial company was declared the loser– twice. In short order,...